"writing competition, asking entrants to attempt to prove that ""Junior"" could be considered the greatest movie of all time. He obsessively started collecting copies of the movie in November 2005, and eventually collected 24 copies. In February 2008, despite ""Sunday Herald"" covering the story, the competition received fewer entries than there were prizes offered. Junior (1994 film) Junior is a 1994 American comedy film directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito and Emma Thompson. The film was released in the United States on November 23, 1994. The film follows Alex Hesse, an Austrian-American scientist who"
"commented on weightlifting competitions, Steiner also appeared on a number of talk shows and game shows in Germany and Austria, including ""Wetten, dass..?"" and ""Die Millionenshow"" (Austrian ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"", Celebrity Special Edition). Matthias Steiner Matthias Steiner (born 25 August 1982 in Vienna) is a retired Austrian-German weightlifter, and Olympic gold medalist. As a native Austrian, he competed for Austria internationally from 1998 to 2005, in European Championships, World Championships, and the 2004 Summer Olympics. From 2002 to 2005 he was four times Austrian National Champion in the +105 kg category, and holds Austrian records in the"
"Norbert Növényi Norbert Nottny Növényi (born 15 May 1957) is a Hungarian light heavyweight wrestling Olympic champion of the 1980 Summer Olympics, two times kick-boxing world champion and currently an actor in Hungary. In January 2009, he became the oldest WFCA mixed martial arts world champion. Növényi was born in Budapest. He appeared in a minor role in the Hollywood film ""Red Heat"", which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. He played a Moscow thug named Sasha who was smuggling cocaine in his artificial leg. He played a longer role in Péter Tímár's satire ""Zimmer Feri"" in 1997. He also attended a drama"
"unbeaten until the 1930s. In 1924 he appeared in the silent film ""The City Without Jews"". Steinbach died in 1937 and was survived by son Leopold. The same year a large granite monument was built in his honor, sponsored by a group of Austrian and German weightlifters and wrestlers. Josef Steinbach Josef Steinbach (21 March 1879 – 15 January 1937) was an Austrian weightlifter. He was born in Bohemia and in 1894 moved to Vienna, where he began competing in weightlifting in 1898. He won three world titles in 1904–1905 and two medals at the 1906 Intercalated Games: a gold"
"television series ""Mario"", together with her son. Dagmar Rom Dagmar Rom (born 16 June 1928) is a former alpine ski racer from Austria. At age 21 she won two gold medals at the 1950 World Championships in Aspen, Colorado, in the slalom and giant slalom events. Two years later she won a silver medal in the giant slalom at the 1952 Olympics. In 1950/51 Rom did not take part in international races. With Egon Schöpf, her partner in life, she established a business with sporting goods in Seefeld. Because her popularity she got a leading role in the film ""Nacht"
"in October 1950, and in 1951 played the a minor role in the film """". Gösta Frändfors Gösta Valdemar Jönsson (later Frändfors, 25 November 1915 – 8 August 1973) was a Swedish wrestler. He competed at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics and won a bronze and a silver medal in the featherweight and lightweight freestyle divisions, respectively. He won three more medal at the European championships of 1937–1947, competing in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. In 1947, after becoming the European champion in the Greco-Roman 67 kg division, he was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. He was born Gösta"
"course of Mária Gór-Nagy. His longest role was in ""Az Alkimista és a Szűz"" (The Alchemist and the Virgin, 1999) by Zoltán Kamondi. He played the role of the title virgin's boyfriend. He also appeared in the award-winning ""Taxidermia"" by György Pálfi. Norbert Növényi Norbert Nottny Növényi (born 15 May 1957) is a Hungarian light heavyweight wrestling Olympic champion of the 1980 Summer Olympics, two times kick-boxing world champion and currently an actor in Hungary. In January 2009, he became the oldest WFCA mixed martial arts world champion. Növényi was born in Budapest. He appeared in a minor role in"
"European Champion of the Vienna Ice Revue ensemble presented in this movie was Hanna Eigel. Further figure-skating stars presented in this movie: Emmy Puzinger, Fernand Leemans, Rudi Seeliger, Inge and Willi Schilling, Charlotte Michiels and the ice clowns Herbert Bobek and Pieter van Gils. In the movies ""Kauf dir einen bunten Luftballon"", produced in 1960, and A Star Is Falling From The Sky (""""Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel""""), produced in 1961, German Champion Ina Bauer played the main role on the ice and in the frame story together with Austrian thrice Olympic skiing Champion Toni Sailer. In the movies The"
"Nickolaus Hirschl Nickolaus ""Mickey"" Hirschl (March 20, 1906 – October 10, 1991) was an Austrian Olympic-medal-winning wrestler, European heavyweight wrestling champion, and for 10 years held the title of Austrian heavyweight wrestling champion. He was also an Austrian shot put and discus junior cChampion, Austrian heavyweight weightlifting junior champion, and for seven years the Austrian pentathlon champion. Hirschl was Jewish, and was born in Vienna, Austria. His parents were kosher butchers, and his father was president of a synagogue. At 15 years of age, he won the Austrian junior championship in shot put and discus. At 16 years of age,"
"which he took several months of acting lessons. However, critique were largely negative on his performance in the film. Henry Maske Henry Maske (born 6 January 1964, in Treuenbrietzen, Bezirk Potsdam) is a German former professional boxer, and one of Germany's most popular sports figures. Maske was an Olympic Gold Medalist 1988 in Seoul (middleweight) for East Germany. His results were: Maske won the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Moscow and the silver medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno, Nevada. During his career, Maske was a five-time boxing champion of East Germany. After reunification in"
"Hansi Hinterseer Hans ""Hansi"" Hinterseer (born 2 February 1954) is an Austrian singer, actor, entertainer and former alpine skier. Hinterseer is the son of Ernst Hinterseer, who won a gold medal in slalom skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics. Hans Hinterseer also became a member of the Austrian ski team. He won six alpine skiing World Cup races in the slalom and giant slalom, and the overall giant slalom contest at the 1973 Alpine Skiing World Cup. He also won the silver medal at the world championship in 1974, and participated at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. Since the"
"Vienna Ice Revue. Austria's ambassador of the past"" was taking place in the Bezirksmuseum Wien-Meidling from January to March 2008. For details click on ""Exhibition"" on the list of links on the Eva Pawlik Fanpage. Books: Scientific literature: Eva Pawlik Eva Pawlik (4 October 1927 in Vienna – 31 July 1983 in Vienna) was an Austrian figure skater (European Champion, Olympic silver medalist), a show star, an actress and the world´s first lady figure skater to be a TV figure skating commentator (sportscaster on TV). Born in 1927, Pawlik was regarded as a child prodigy, able to jump a single"
"Franz Marx Franz Marx (born January 20, 1963) (not to be confused with the South African screenplay writer of the same name) is an Austrian sport wrestler. He was born in Innsbruck. Together with Anton Marchl he was one of the Austrian wrestlers, who qualified last for the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona 1992. He was frequently the Austrian wrestling champion and participated two times at Summer Olympic Games. His greatest successes were a gold medal at the Junior World Championship in Colorado Springs and a bronze medal at the Wrestling World Championships 1981 in Oslo. In 2002 he was"
"class up to 100 kg. He took 1st place in this hotly contested category and through a ferocious posedown became a convincing overall winner. This is why he bears the title ""Mr. Austria"". Off-season Breznik weighs around 110 kg at a height of 175 cm. Like his role model, Arnold Schwarzenegger, he has become popular in the U.S. Like Schwarzenegger, Breznik is seeking a career as a professional bodybuilder. Tony Breznik Tony (aka Anton) Breznik (born September 22, 1984) is an Austrian bodybuilder. Breznik was born in Judenburg, Styria. Through his father he got to know and love the sport"
"Matthias Steiner Matthias Steiner (born 25 August 1982 in Vienna) is a retired Austrian-German weightlifter, and Olympic gold medalist. As a native Austrian, he competed for Austria internationally from 1998 to 2005, in European Championships, World Championships, and the 2004 Summer Olympics. From 2002 to 2005 he was four times Austrian National Champion in the +105 kg category, and holds Austrian records in the −105 kg and +105 kg categories. In 2005, Steiner left the Austrian weightlifting federation, and married a German woman. Although his wife died in a car accident, he continued his weightlifting career in Germany, eventually received"
"8 of the German TV dance show ""Let's Dance"", finishing third. Steiner holds Austrian records in the −105 kg and +105 kg categories. In 2008, Steiner signed a four-year contract with marketing company ""movie & more"" in Cologne. Previously, he was supported by Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe and his weightlifting club ""Chemnitzer AC"". The Bundeswehr, while supporting other German weightlifters, did not admit Steiner because of his diabetes. On 20 August 2008, the day after he won the Olympic gold medal, Steiner featured on the cover of China Daily's ""Olympian"", titled ""Supersteiner"". Apart from sports events, where he participated in or"
"postponed due to his skin cancer. In December 2005, he was acquitted in a separate case of human trafficking. In August 2006, he was convicted and sentenced to eight years in prison for plotting a kidnapping of a Romanian teenager. Wolfgang Schwarz Wolfgang Schwarz (born 14 September 1947 in Vienna) is an Austrian former figure skater. He is the 1968 Olympic gold medalist (one of the youngest male figure skating Olympic champions), a two-time (1967–1968) World silver medalist, and three-time (1967–1969) European silver medalist. Prior to the Grenoble Olympics, he had finished second to Austrian teammate Emmerich Danzer multiple times"
"early 1980s, he has been a technical sports commentator for the National Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, usually commenting on slalom and giant slalom live broadcasts. In 1994, he started a career as a singer, and is currently prominent as a performer in the schlager genre. He has also acted in several films, also following a Heimatfilm theme. Charting singles Others Hansi Hinterseer Hans ""Hansi"" Hinterseer (born 2 February 1954) is an Austrian singer, actor, entertainer and former alpine skier. Hinterseer is the son of Ernst Hinterseer, who won a gold medal in slalom skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics. Hans Hinterseer"
"Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (; ; born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American actor, filmmaker, businessman, investor, author, philanthropist, activist, politician, and former professional bodybuilder and powerlifter. He served two terms as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 to 2011. Schwarzenegger began lifting weights at the age of 15. He won the Mr. Universe title at age 20 and went on to win the Mr. Olympia contest seven times, remaining a prominent presence in bodybuilding and writing many books and articles on the sport. The Arnold Sports Festival, considered one of the best professional bodybuilding competitions in recent"
"Kárpáti died in 1996 at age 90. Károly Kárpáti Károly Kárpáti (also Károly Kellner, born July 2, 1906 in Eger – September 23, 1996 in Budapest) was a Hungarian Olympic wrestling champion of Jewish heritage. Károly Kárpáti was born on July 2, 1906 in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He won a gold medal in 1936 in the Lightweight Freestyle class. The Jewish wrestler's victory in the Berlin 1936 Nazi Olympics provided special significance, because it came at the expense of Germany's vaunted titleholder, Wolfgang Ehrl. He was one of a number of Jewish athletes who won medals at the Nazi Olympics"
"Birds"", 1988), and Umberto Lenzi (""Ghosthouse"", 1988) among others. She was also in a number of art films, including Michelangelo Antonioni's ""Identification of a Woman"" (1982) and Federico Fellini's ""Intervista"" (1987). She also appeared on television, notably playing a role of weight in the second season of the TV-series ""La piovra"". Her last film was Mauro Bolognini's erotic drama ""Husband and Lovers"" (1991), and she retired at just 26 years old. Lara Wendel Lara Wendel (born Daniela Barnes; 29 March 1965) is a German former actress who was active in Italian cinema and television. Wendel is the daughter of German"
"he is played by David Kross. Luz Long Carl Ludwig ""Luz"" Long (27 April 1913 – 14 July 1943) was a German Olympic long-jumper, notable for winning the silver medal in the event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and for giving technical advice to his competitor, Jesse Owens, who went on to win the gold medal for the long jump . Luz Long won the German long jump championship six times in 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, and 1939. Long was killed in action serving in the German Army during World War II. Long studied law at the"
"boxer John 'Corn' Griffin in the movie ""Cinderella Man"", starring Russell Crowe. Art Binkowski Artur ""Art"" Binkowski (; born February 19, 1975 in Bielawa) is a Polish-born Canadian heavyweight boxer who competed for his adoptive country Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Binkowski came to Canada from Poland at the age of 13. He studied psychology at the University of Waterloo. Binkowski was Ontario amateur heavyweight champion for 6 years. He took part in the Olympics 2000 at superheavyweight. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Uzbekistan's Rustam Saidov. Nicknamed ""The Polish Warrior"", the resident of"
"Martin Wildauer Martin Wildauer (born 27 November 1987) is an Austrian strongman competitor and entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition. He is a competitor of the well-known Strongman Champions League and the Giants Live competitions. Martin is the current world record holder in the bavarian stonelift. Martin was born in Kufstein, Tirol in Austria on 27 November 1987. He was a sports enthusiast even as a child and at the age of 10 started kickboxing. After winning some national competitions in Austria after two years he began boxing but due to school commitments he found he did not have"
"in a 1994 interview, ""I had two husbands. [Sonja Henie] even beat me at that. She had three."" She died on 16 February 1999 in Portland, Maine. Fritzi Burger Friederike ""Fritzi"" Burger (6 June 1910 – 16 February 1999) was an Austrian figure skater. She was a two-time Olympic silver medalist (1928, 1932), a four-time World medalist (silver in 1929 and 1932, bronze in 1928 and 1931), the 1930 European champion, and a four-time Austrian national champion (1928–1931). Burger was born on 6 June 1910 in Vienna. Her family was Jewish. She won the first-ever contested European Championships, held in"
"Margarete Adler Margarete ""Grete"" Adler (13 February 1896 – 10 April 1990) was an Austrian freestyle swimmer, diver, and gymnastics teacher, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. She was Jewish, and was born in Vienna. Adler won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay event, becoming the first Austrian woman to win an Olympic medal together with her teammates Klara Milch, Josephine Sticker and Berta Zahourek. Also she is the youngest female Austrian Summer Olympics medalist ever at the age of 16 years and 152 days. She also participated in the"
"in 1953. The sister of the actress Grit Haid, she died in Bern, Switzerland, in 2000, aged 105. Liane Haid Juliane ""Liane"" Haid (16 August 1895 – 28 November 2000) was an Austrian actress who has often been referred to as Austria's first movie star. Born in Vienna, Haid trained both as a dancer and singer and became the epitome of the ""Süßes Wiener Mädel"" (""Sweet Viennese Girl"") and a popular pin-up throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Her first motion picture was a propaganda film made during the First World War, ""Mit Herz und Hand fürs Vaterland"" (1916). She worked"
"Luan Krasniqi Luan Krasniqi (born 10 May 1971) is an Albanian-German actor and retired professional boxer. He held the European heavyweight title and also challenged for the WBO world heavyweight title. Krasniqi is the youngest of eight children to Kosovar Albanian parents. He has often said that he had a happy and active childhood, growing up in Junik, a small town in the District of Gjakova, where in 1987 he finished his primary and secondary school, before his family moved to Rottweil in Germany. Krasniqi stated """"my childhood was good, but when I learned that we would be rejoining my"
"Joe Bugner József Kreul Bugner (born 13 March 1950) is a Hungarian-born British-Australian former heavyweight boxer and actor. He holds triple nationality, being a citizen of Hungary and a naturalized citizen of both Australia and the United Kingdom. As an actor, he is best known for his role in the 1994 action film ""Street Fighter"", alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia. Born in Szőreg, a southeastern suburb of Szeged in southern Hungary, Bugner and his family fled after the 1956 Soviet invasion and settled in Britain. Standing at with a prime weight of around , Bugner twice held the"
"with the Hungarian film called “Just the Wind”, which was directed by Benedek Fliegauf. The film competed at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Jury Grand Prix. In 2017 at the Berlin International Film Festival they won the won the Golden Bear in the main competition section with their film called “On Body and Soul” directed by Ildikó Enyedi. Furthermore the Sydney Film Festival wrapped up their 64th fest by naming “On Body and Soul” as the winner of this year's Sydney Film Prize. Ernő Mesterházy Ernő Mesterházy (not to be mistaken with Attila Mesterházy of"
"for Red Bull and various Austrian Sports magazines. ""JGP: Junior Grand Prix"" Denise Koegl Denise Koegl (born August 3, 1988) is an Austrian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2008 Austrian national champion, the 2007 Austrian national silver medalist, and the junior national champion in 2002 and 2003. Koegl was born on August 3, 1988 in Graz, Austria. She received a coaching diploma from the University of Vienna and the Bundessport Akademie Vienna. In July 2013, she graduated from Karl-Franzens University in Graz with a degree in media communications followed by a master's degree in 2016. She also studied"
"Dagmar Rom Dagmar Rom (born 16 June 1928) is a former alpine ski racer from Austria. At age 21 she won two gold medals at the 1950 World Championships in Aspen, Colorado, in the slalom and giant slalom events. Two years later she won a silver medal in the giant slalom at the 1952 Olympics. In 1950/51 Rom did not take part in international races. With Egon Schöpf, her partner in life, she established a business with sporting goods in Seefeld. Because her popularity she got a leading role in the film ""Nacht am Mont Blanc"" (Night on the Mont"
"the Graz University of Music and Performing Arts 1983–1990. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2012, and succumbed on 5 March 2013, aged 65. Dieter Pfaff Dieter Pfaff (2 October 1947 – 5 March 2013) was a German actor and director. The son of a police officer, Pfaff was best known as police officer Hans Sperling in the series of the same name. Sperling also appeared in two films about Swedish policeman Martin Beck, namely ""Flickan i jordkällaren"" and ""Den japanska shungamålningen"". In 2002 he starred in ""Goebbels und Geduldig"". Between 1984 and 1996 he played Otto Schatzschneider in"